Rasolo was a Fijian

High Chief A tribal chief or chieftain is the leader of a tribal society or chiefdom. Tribe The concept of tribe is a broadly applied concept, based on tribal concepts of societies of western Afroeurasia. Tribal societies are sometimes categorized a ...

Family

Father of Rasolo was Chief Niumataiwalu of

Lakeba Lakeba (pronounced ) is an island in Fiji’s Southern Lau Archipelago; the provincial capital of Lau is located here. The island is the tenth largest in Fiji, with a land area of nearly 60 square kilometers.Steadman (2006) It is fertile and we ...

. Rasolo's mother was Lady Tarau of Tovu Totoya. Rasolo was a brother of Lady Sivoki and Uluilakeba I and half-brother of Matawalu. Rasolo's first wife was Lady

Laufitu Laufitu was a Fijian chiefess. Family Laufitu was the first wife of Rasolo, who was the third '' Sau kei Lau'' of the Lau Islands and first '' Tu'i Nayau''. They were the parents of Roko Malani, the seventh '' Sau kei Lau''. Laufitu would h ...

. Their son was

Roko Malani Roko Malani (died 1833) was high chief of the Fijian island of Lakeba. He held the title ''Tui Nayau'' (paramount chief of the Lau Islands) and was a popular chief. He increased the influence the island of Lakeba had in Fiji. The first Christian ...

. Rasolo's second wife was from

. She bore

Soroaqali {{Unreferenced, date=December 2009 Toki Soroaqali was a Lauan chief and member of the noble dynasty of Vuanirewa in Fiji, active in the late 1700s and early 1800s. He was the second son of Rasolo, the first ''Tui Nayau'' through a lady of rank ...

and

Lalaciwa '' Adi'' Lalaciwa was a Fijian chiefess and member of the Vuanirewa dynasty on the Lau Islands of Fiji. Lalaciwa was the only daughter of Rasolo, who was the third ''Roko Sau'', first '' Tu'i Nayau'' and the progenitor of the Matailakeba and V ...

to Rasolo. Lady Radavu was the third wife of Rasolo. She bore him Taliai Tupou.

Biography

Rasolo became the third ''

Roko Sau Sau Mai Kedekede now more commonly referred to as Sau ni Vanua ko Lau is one of the preeminent titles held by the Paramount Chief of the Lau Islands in Fiji. History The title Sau Mai Kedekede originates from the Tongan word “Hau”, denoting ...

'' of the

Lau Islands The Lau Islands aka little Tonga (also called the Lau Group, the Eastern Group, the Eastern Archipelago) of Fiji are situated in the southern Pacific Ocean, just east of the Koro Sea. Of this chain of about sixty islands and islets, about thirty ...

and first installed holder of the title '' Tu'i Nayau''. According to the

oral history Oral history is the collection and study of historical information about individuals, families, important events, or everyday life using audiotapes, videotapes, or transcriptions of planned interviews. These interviews are conducted with people w ...

, Rasolo was exiled to

Nayau Nayau is an island of Fiji Fiji ( , ,; fj, Viti, ; Fiji Hindi: फ़िजी, ''Fijī''), officially the Republic of Fiji, is an island country in Melanesia, part of Oceania in the South Pacific Ocean. It lies about north-northeas ...

. He is considered to be the progenitor of the noble households Matailakeba and Vatuwaqa.''Pacific Islands Monthly''. "The first ''

Tui Nayau ''Tu’i Nayau'' is the title held by the paramount chief of the Lau Islands in Fiji and is synonymous with the title holders over lordship of these islands. When translated, ''Tu’i Nayau'' means "Lord of Nayau", an island north of Lakeba, the l ...

'' was ''Roko'' Rasolo, ''Ratu'' Sir Kamisese's great-great-great grandfather." It was under the rule of Rasolo that the invading Bauan forces were driven from

References

{{Reflist Fijian chiefs People from Lakeba Tui Nayau Vuanirewa